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Superb Parrot - Ocean: Distribution and vegetation associations
Scientific name:
Polytelis swainsonii
Conservation status in NSW:
Vulnerable
Commonwealth status:
Vulnerable
Last updated:
12 Nov 2024
Distribution of the species within this region
The Superb Parrot is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Ocean Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.
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South Pacific Ocean
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Vegetation formations, classes and types
In this region the Superb Parrot - Ocean is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.
Arid shrublands (Acacia sub-formation)
North-west Plain Shrublands
144 Leopardwood low woodland mainly on clayey soils in the semi-arid zone
77 Yarran shrubland of the NSW central to northern slopes and plains
Dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation)
Central Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
3483 Central Gorges Box-Red Gum Grassy Forest
North-west Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Woodlands
432 Dwyer's Red Gum - Dirty (Baradine) Gum - cypress pine shrubby woodland of the Narrabri region of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
3514 Nandewar Hills Apple-White Box Shrub-Grass Woodland
3516 Northwest Black Pine-Ironbark Forest
3517 Northwest Creekflat Blakelys Red Gum Shrub-Grass Forest
3518 Northwest Pine-Ironbark Grassy Woodland
3519 Northwest Ranges Rocky Tumbledown Gum Scrub
3522 Northwest White Box Spinifex Woodland
3521 Northwest White Box Woodland
3523 Northwest White Pine-Box Woodland
384 Nortons Box - stringybark - cough bush shrub - grass woodland on volcanic crests of the Warrumbungle Range, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
381 Rough-barked Apple - Yellow Box grass/shrub footslope open forest, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
228 Semi-mesic woodland on basalt hills of the dry subtropical climate zone, north western slopes of NSW
413 Silver-leaved Ironbark - White Cypress Pine - box dry shrub grass woodland of the Pilliga Scrub - Warialda region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
386 Tumbledown Red Gum trachyte rock flat sedgeland - shrubland of the Warrumbungle Range region
3524 Ulan Plutonic Hills Dry Forest
390 Warrumbungle Currawang very tall shrubland
382 Warrumbungle mountains Nandewar Box - Yellow Box shrub grass open forest, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
3526 Warrumbungle Rockplate Scrub
385 Warrumbungle trachyte hillcrest Tumbledown Red Gum - Black Cypress Pine - White Bloodwood shrubby woodland
412 White Box - Black Cypress Pine shrubby hill woodland in the east Pilliga - Mendooran - Gulgong regions, mainly Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
1306 White Box - Red Stringybark shrubby woodlands on basalt slopes of the Nandewar Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
1308 White Box - White Cypress Pine shrubby open forest of the Nandewar Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
393 White Box shrubby woodland of the western Liverpool Range, Warrumbungle Range and south-west Pilliga forests, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
429 White Cypress Pine - Poplar Box - Silver-leaved Ironbark viney shrub woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
418 White Cypress Pine - Silver-leaved Ironbark - Wilga shrub grass woodland of the Narrabri-Yetman region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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Pilliga Outwash Dry Sclerophyll Forests
702 Blakely's Red Gum riparian woodland of the Pilliga Outwash, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
411 Buloke - White Cypress Pine woodland on outwash plains in the Pilliga Scrub and Narrabri regions, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
148 Dirty Gum - Buloke - White Cypress Pine - ironbark shrubby woodland on deep sandy soils in the Liverpool Plains region of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
88 Pilliga Box - White Cypress Pine - Buloke shrubby woodland in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
397 Poplar Box - White Cypress Pine shrub grass tall woodland of the Pilliga - Warialda region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
Upper Riverina Dry Sclerophyll Forests
3533 Avisford Sandstone Moist Sheltered Forest
338 Blakely's Red Gum - Red Stringybark - Long-leaved Box woodland on Wyangala Granite in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
3535 Central West Stony Ranges Pine-Ironbark Forest
4152 Central West Tumbledown Gum Grassy Forest
353 Inland Scribbly Gum - Red Stringybark - box - Daviesia latifolia - snow grass open forest on sandy loam soils from acid volcanics in the Boorowa - Young region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregio
3536 Mudgee Ranges Stony Slopes Shrub Forest
342 Mugga Ironbark - mixed box woodland on hills in the Cowra - Boorowa - Young region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
3537 Murrumbidgee Currawang Rocky Shrubland
340 Red Stringybark - red gum - Black Cypress Pine - Kunzea - tea tree shrubby open forest on granite ranges of the Boorowa - Wyangala region, NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
1094 Red Stringybark - White Box grassy open forest of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
1095 Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
3539 Southwest Foothills Red Box-Stringybark Forest
3540 Southwest Foothills Stringybark-Box Grassy Forest
3542 Southwest Ranges Stringybark-Box Sheltered Forest
3543 Southwest Rockplate Shrub Woodland
339 Tumbledown Red Gum - Black Cypress Pine - Red Stringybark - Currawang shrubby low woodland on Wyangala granite and metasediments of the Wyangala Dam region, NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
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Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
Northern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
3701 Northwest New England Creekflat Blakelys Red Gum Forest
3703 Northwest New England Felsic Ironbark-Red Gum Gully Forest
3700 Northwest New England Granite Blackbutt-Apple Forest
3706 Northwest New England Laterite McKies Stringybark Forest
3702 Northwest New England Ranges Caleys Ironbark Woodland
3718 Northwest New England Rocky Riparian Forest
3704 Northwest New England Stringybark-Pine Exposed Forest
3716 Northwest New England Tumbledown Gum-Ironbark Exposed Forest
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Southern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
3734 Central Tableland Dry Slopes Stringybark-Box Forest
3735 Central Tableland Peppermint Shrub-Grass Forest
3736 Cudgegong Sandslope Scribbly Gum Woodland
3738 Goulburn-Lithgow Tableland Hills Grassy Forest
349 Inland Scribbly Gum - Red Stringybark open forest on hills composed of silicous substrates in the mid-Murrumbidgee and upper Lachlan catchments mainly in the western South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
3739 Monaro Hills Brittle Gum Exposed Forest
3744 Palerang Hills Peppermint Dry Shrub Forest
352 Red Stringybark - Blakely's Red Gum hillslope open forest on meta-sediments in the Yass - Boorowa - Crookwell region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
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Sydney Sand Flats Dry Sclerophyll Forests
3629 Castlereagh Scribbly Gum Woodland
3628 Castlereagh Shrubby Swamp Woodland
Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Forests
3750 Binnaway Sandstone Ironbark-Pine Shrubby Woodland
341 Blakely's Red Gum - Red Box - Black Cypress Pine grass/shrub woodland on hills in the Upper Slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and western South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
54 Buloke - White Cypress Pine woodland in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
4153 Central West Tumbledown Gum-Pine Shrub Forest
3753 Dunedoo Sandstone Ironbark-Pine Forest
471 Dwyer's Red Gum - Black Cypress Pine - ironbark low woodland on sandstone hillcrests in the Dubbo - Gilgandra region, south-western Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
3755 Goonoo Sandstone Blue-leaved Ironbark-Pine Forest
3756 Gulgong Ranges Stringybark-Ironbark Forest
327 Inland Scribbly Gum - Black Cypress Pine - Red Ironbark open forest of the NSW central western slopes
477 Inland Scribbly Gum - Red Stringybark - Black Cypress Pine - Red Ironbark open forest on sandstone hills in the southern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and northern NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
322 Inland Scribbly Gum - Red Stringybark - Black Cypress Pine hillslope shrub-tussock grass open forest on mainly sandstone ranges in the NSW central western slopes
330 Mugga Ironbark - Black Cypress Pine - Red Stringybark - Blakely's Red Gum - Red Ironbark woodland on hillslopes and in valleys on ranges in the NSW central western slopes
255 Mugga Ironbark - Buloke - Pillga Box - White Cypress Pine shrubby woodland on sandstone in the Dubbo region, south-western Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
956 Mugga Ironbark - Inland Grey Box shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
470 Mugga Ironbark - Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Buloke - Black Cypress Pine shrub grass open forest in the Goonoo forests and surrounding region, southern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
343 Mugga Ironbark - Red Box - Red Stringybark - Western Grey Box grass/shrub woodland on metamorphic substrates in the Tarcutta - Gundagai region, NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
358 Mugga Ironbark - Red Box - White Box - Black Cypress Pine tall woodland on rises and hills in the northern NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
217 Mugga Ironbark - Western Grey Box - cypress pine tall woodland on footslopes of low hills in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
243 Mugga Ironbark - White Cypress Pine woodland on low rises mainly in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
398 Narrow-leaved Ironbark - White Cypress Pine - Buloke tall open forest on lower slopes and flats in the Pilliga Scrub and surrounding forests in the central north Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
3761 Northwest Felsic Rocky Gum Woodland
3763 Northwest Wollemi Colluvial Apple Forest
473 Red gum - Rough-barked Apple - Narrow-leaved Ironbark - cypress pine grassy open forest on flats and drainage lines in the Goonoo and surrounding forests, southern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
399 Red gum - Rough-barked Apple +/- tea tree sandy creek woodland (wetland) in the Pilliga - Goonoo sandstone forests, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
354 Red Stringybark - Long-leaved Box - Black Cypress Pine - grassy/shrubby low woodland on ranges, central NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
321 Red Stringybark - Long-leaved Box - Black Cypress Pine shrub/grass woodland on siliceous sedimentary ranges in the upper NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
348 Red Stringybark - Long-leaved Box - Joycea pallida grassy open forest in the upper Lachlan catchment, NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
440 Red Stringybark - Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Black Cypress Pine - hill red gum sandstone woodland of southern NSW Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
420 Red Stringybark - Rough-barked Apple +/- Nortons Box open forest on hillslopes in the Warrumbungle NP - Coolah regions
331 Red Stringybark woodland on hillslopes, northern NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
401 Rough-barked Apple - Blakely's Red Gum - Black Cypress Pine woodland on sandy flats, mainly in the Pilliga Scrub region
472 Thyme Honey-myrtle - red gum - Mugga Ironbark shrubland / woodland in impeded drainage flats or depressions in the southern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
3765 Ulan Granite Scrub
3766 Ulan Sandstone Damp Shrubland
3781 Ulan Sandstone Ironbark-Pine Woodland
110 Western Grey Box - Cypress Pine shrubby woodland on stony footslopes in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and Riverina Bioregion
346 White Box - Blakely's Red Gum - White Cypress Pine shrubby woodland on metamorphic hills in the Wagga Wagga - Cootamundra region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
270 White Box - Tumbledown Red Gum - Long-leaved Box shrub/grass woodland on fine-grained sediments of the upper Macquarie River gorge, NSW central western slopes
469 White Cypress Pine - Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Buloke grassy open forest of the Dubbo region, southern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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Yetman Dry Sclerophyll Forests
373 Narrow-leaved Ironbark - White Cypress Pine +/- Buloke tall open forest or woodland of the Warialda to Yetman region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
422 Smooth-barked Apple - cypress pine - Narrow-leaved Ironbark - White Bloodwood tall heathy woodland of the Pilliga forests to Warialda region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
458 White Cypress Pine - Buloke - White Box shrubby open forest on hills in the Liverpool Plains - Dubbo region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
Forested wetlands
Eastern Riverine Forests
4064 Central Eastern Ranges River Oak Forest
4065 Central Tableland Riverine Complex
4076 Northwest Ranges River Oak Forest
4080 Northwest River Oak-Apple Forest
4081 Northwest River Oak-River Red Gum Forest
4075 Northwest River Red Gum-River Oak Sheltered Forest
84 River Oak - Rough-barked Apple - red gum - box riparian tall woodland (wetland) of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Nandewar Bioregion
85 River Oak forest and woodland wetland of the NSW South Western Slopes and South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
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Inland Riverine Forests
356 Blakely's Red Gum x Dirty Gum - White Cypress Pine tall riparian woodland, NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
4089 Namoi-Upper Hunter River Red Gum Forest
10 River Red Gum - Black Box woodland wetland of the semi-arid (warm) climatic zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
11 River Red Gum - Lignum very tall open forest or woodland wetland on floodplains of semi-arid (warm) climate zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
9 River Red Gum - wallaby grass tall woodland wetland on the outer River Red Gum zone mainly in the Riverina Bioregion
7 River Red Gum - Warrego Grass - herbaceous riparian tall open forest wetland mainly in the Riverina Bioregion
5 River Red Gum herbaceous-grassy very tall open forest wetland on inner floodplains in the lower slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and the eastern Riverina Bioregion.
78 River Red Gum riparian tall woodland / open forest wetland in the Nandewar Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
79 River Red Gum shrub/grass riparian tall woodland or open forest wetland mainly in the upper slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and western South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
249 River Red Gum swampy woodland wetland on cowals (lakes) and associated flood channels in central NSW
36 River Red Gum tall to very tall open forest / woodland wetland on rivers on floodplains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
4088 Southwest Riverflat Red Gum Forest
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Freshwater wetlands
Inland Floodplain Shrublands
375 Budda Pea - Channel Millet ephemeral reedland wetland on floodplains in north-western NSW
241 River Coobah swamp wetland on the floodplains of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
Inland Floodplain Swamps
3982 Southwest Floodplain Wetland Meadow
Montane Bogs and Fens
3930 Bondo Montane Flats Swamp Woodland
3932 Central and Southern Tableland Swamp Meadow Complex
3941 Megalong Valley Fringing Swamp Scrub
3954 Western Central Tableland Upland Swamp
Grasslands
Riverine Plain Grasslands
46 Curly Windmill Grass - speargrass - wallaby grass grassland on alluvial clay and loam on the Hay Plain, Riverina Bioregion
45 Plains Grass grassland on alluvial mainly clay soils in the Riverina Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
Semi-arid Floodplain Grasslands
50 Couch Grass grassland wetland on river banks and floodplains of inland river systems
214 Native Millet - Cup Grass grassland of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
49 Partly derived Windmill Grass - copperburr alluvial plains shrubby grassland of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
52 Queensland Bluegrass +/- Mitchell Grass grassland on cracking clay floodplains and alluvial plains mainly the northern-eastern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
242 Rats Tail Couch sod grassland wetland of inland floodplains
Temperate Montane Grasslands
3378 Yass Gorge Rhyolite Grassland
Western Slopes Grasslands
710 Bluegrass - Redleg Grass - Common Woodruff clay plain grassland of northern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
796 Derived grassland of the NSW South Western Slopes
250 Derived tussock grassland of the central western plains and lower slopes of NSW
1179 Slender Bamboo Grass - Spiny Saltbush grassland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
Grassy woodlands
Floodplain Transition Woodlands
248 Mixed box eucalypt woodland on low sandy-loam rises on alluvial plains in central western NSW
251 Mixed Eucalypt woodlands of floodplains in the southern-eastern Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
56 Poplar Box - Belah woodland on clay-loam soils on alluvial plains of north-central NSW
101 Poplar Box - Yellow Box - Western Grey Box grassy woodland on cracking clay soils mainly in the Liverpool Plains, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
244 Poplar Box grassy woodland on alluvial clay-loam soils mainly in the temperate (hot summer) climate zone of central NSW (wheatbelt).
237 Riverine Western Grey Box grassy woodland of the semi-arid (warm) climate zone
81 Western Grey Box - cypress pine shrub grass shrub tall woodland in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
82 Western Grey Box - Poplar Box - White Cypress Pine tall woodland on red loams mainly of the eastern Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
80 Western Grey Box - White Cypress Pine tall woodland on loam soil on alluvial plains of NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and Riverina Bioregion
76 Western Grey Box tall grassy woodland on alluvial loam and clay soils in the NSW South Western Slopes and Riverina Bioregions
70 White Cypress Pine woodland on sandy loams in central NSW wheatbelt
74 Yellow Box - River Red Gum tall grassy riverine woodland of NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and Riverina Bioregion
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New England Grassy Woodlands
3356 Northwest Ranges Apple-Stringybark Sheltered Forest
Southern Tableland Grassy Woodlands
654 Apple Box - Yellow Box dry grassy woodland of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
3365 Bondo Slopes Red Stringybark Grassy Forest
350 Candlebark - Blakely's Red Gum - Long-leaved Box grassy woodland in the Rye Park to Yass region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and South Eastern Highland Bioregion
3366 Central Tableland Clay Apple Box Grassy Forest
3367 Central Tableland Granites Grassy Box Woodland
3369 Central Tableland Ranges Peppermint-Gum Grassy Forest
3377 Southwest Foothills Apple Box Grassy Forest
1330 Yellow Box - Blakely's Red Gum grassy woodland on the tablelands, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
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Subalpine Woodlands
3384 Mount Canobolas Grassy Forest
Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
3337 Bondo Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland
3338 Goulburn Tableland Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland
3340 Macintyre Flats Candlebark Woodland
Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
283 Apple Box - Blakely's Red Gum moist valley and footslopes grass-forb open forest of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
282 Blakely's Red Gum - White Box - Yellow Box - Black Cypress Pine box grass/shrub woodland on clay loam soils on undulating hills of central NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
279 Blakely's Red Gum - White Cypress Pine woodland on footslopes of hills in central part of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
277 Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box grassy tall woodland of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
3387 Central West Creekflat Grassy Woodland
3404 Central West Flats Grassy Box Woodland
3405 Central West Flats Inland Grey Box Grassy Forest
3388 Central West Valleys White Box Forest
451 Derived Spear Grass - Slender Bamboo Grass mixed tussock grassland mainly of the northern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Nandewar Bioregion
395 Derived speargrass - wallaby grass - wire grass mixed forb grassland mainly in the Coonabarabran - Pilliga - Coolah region
201 Fuzzy Box Woodland on alluvial brown loam soils mainly in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
202 Fuzzy Box woodland on colluvium and alluvial flats in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion (including Pilliga) and Nandewar Bioregion
275 Herbaceous White Box - Apple Box valley woodland of the NSW central western slopes
3389 Honeysuckle Range Serpentinite Outcrop Woodland
3390 Liverpool Range Red Gum-Yellow Box Forest
3393 Northwest Basalt Box Plains Grass Woodland
3394 Northwest Basalt Grassland-Woodland Complex
3395 Northwest Elevated White Box Woodland
3398 Northwest Slopes Box-Apple Woodland
3396 Northwest Slopes Box-Blakelys Red Gum Woodland
3397 Northwest Yellow Box Grassy Woodland
426 Red Box - White Box +/- Red Stringybark hill woodland in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
280 Red Stringybark - Blakely's Red Gum +/- Long-leaved Box shrub/grass hill woodland of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
464 Red Stringybark - Kurrajong - mixed eucalypt grassy open forest of the Coonabarabran - Gulgong region in the Brigalow Belt South and NSW SWS Bioregion
278 Riparian Blakely's Red Gum - box - shrub - sedge - grass tall open forest of the central NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
281 Rough-Barked Apple - red gum - Yellow Box woodland on alluvial clay to loam soils on valley flats in the northern NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
444 Silver-leaved Ironbark grassy tall woodland on clay-loam soils on plains in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
3399 Southwest Hills White Box-Blakelys Red Gum Forest
3406 Southwest Ranges White Box Woodland
3400 Southwest Slopes Box-Blakelys Red Gum Grassy Woodland
461 Tumbledown Gum woodland on hills in the northern NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and southern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
272 White Box - Black Cypress Pine - red gum +/- Mugga Ironbark shrubby woodland in hills of the NSW central western slopes
347 White Box - Blakely's Red Gum shrub/grass woodland on metamorphic hillslopes in the mid-southern part of the upper slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
274 White Box - Rough-barked Apple alluvial woodland of the NSW central western slopes including in the Mudgee region
267 White Box - White Cypress Pine - Western Grey Box shrub/grass/forb woodland in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
434 White Box grass shrub hill woodland on clay to loam soils on volcanic and sedimentary hills in the southern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
266 White Box grassy woodland in the upper slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
1383 White Box grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
433 White Box grassy woodland to open woodland on basalt flats and rises in the Liverpool Plains sub-region, BBS Bioregion
421 Yellow Box - White Cypress Pine alluvial terrace flats grassy woodland in the Pilliga forests and surrounds, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
276 Yellow Box grassy tall woodland on alluvium or parna loams and clays on flats in NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
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Miscellaneous ecosystems
Highly disturbed areas with no or limited native vegetation
99997 Highly disturbed areas - road verges, table drains, road embankments, ploughed paddocks etc.
Semi-arid woodlands (grassy sub-formation)
Brigalow Clay Plain Woodlands
35 Brigalow - Belah open forest / woodland on alluvial often gilgaied clay from Pilliga Scrub to Goondiwindi, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
Inland Floodplain Woodlands
13 Black Box - Lignum woodland wetland of the inner floodplains in the semi-arid (warm) climate zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
454 River Red Gum grassy chenopod open tall woodland (wetland) on floodplain clay soil of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and western Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
208 River Red Gum low woodland of rocky gorges and creeks in the Cobar Peneplain
438 River Red Gum riparian tall woodland wetland on basaltic alluvial soils mainly in the Liverpool Plains sub-region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
83 Yellow Box woodland on sandy loam soils on alluvial plains mainly in the upper Darling Riverine Plain Bioregion
North-west Floodplain Woodlands
55 Belah woodland on alluvial plains and low rises in the central NSW wheatbelt to Pilliga and Liverpool Plains regions.
37 Black Box woodland wetland on NSW central and northern floodplains including the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion.
39 Coolabah - River Coobah - Lignum woodland wetland of frequently flooded floodplains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
40 Coolabah open woodland wetland with chenopod/grassy ground cover on grey and brown clay floodplains
87 Poplar Box - Coolabah floodplain woodland on light clay soil mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
Riverine Plain Woodlands
27 Weeping Myall open woodland of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
26 Weeping Myall open woodland of the Riverina Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
Semi-arid woodlands (shrubby sub-formation)
Inland Rocky Hill Woodlands
258 Gum Coolabah - Mugga Ironbark - White Cypress Pine woodland on granite low hills in the eastern Cobar Peneplain Bioregion and central NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
328 Red Ironbark - Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
329 Red Ironbark - Red Stringybark - Tumbledown Gum heath low woodland on ridges, central NSW South Western Slopes
332 Tumbledown Red Gum - Black Cypress Pine - Red Stringybark woodland on rocky hills in the NSW central western slopes
106 White Cypress Pine - Mulga low woodland on siliceous rocky ranges mainly of the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
North-west Alluvial Sand Woodlands
206 Dirty Gum - White Cypress Pine tall woodland of alluvial sand (sand monkeys) in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
227 Silver-leaved Ironbark - White Cypress Pine - Rough-barked Apple woodland on alluvial terraces in central-north NSW
Riverine Sandhill Woodlands
28 White Cypress Pine open woodland of sand plains, prior streams and dunes mainly of the semi-arid (warm) climate zone
23 Yarran tall open shrubland of the sandplains and plains of the semi-arid (warm) and arid climate zones
75 Yellow Box - White Cypress Pine grassy woodland on deep sandy-loam alluvial soils of the eastern Riverina Bioregion and western NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
Sand Plain Mallee Woodlands
474 Dwyer's Red Gum - she oak mallee shrubland on eolian sand in the Gilgandra region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
174 Mallee - Gum Coolabah woodland on red earth flats of the eastern Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
Subtropical Semi-arid Woodlands
146 Whitewood low open woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and north-eastern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
Western Peneplain Woodlands
135 Coobah - Western Rosewood low open tall shrubland or woodland mainly on outwash areas in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion.
108 Gum Coolabah - Mulga open woodland on gravel ridges of the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
245 Pine - Belah low open woodland of the western Cobar Peneplain and northern Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
246 Pine shrubland of the western Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
103 Poplar Box - Gum Coolabah - White Cypress Pine shrubby woodland mainly in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
109 Poplar Box - Mulga - Ironwood woodland on red loam soils on plains in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion and north-eastern Mulga Lands Bioregion
98 Poplar Box - White Cypress Pine - Wilga - Ironwood shrubby woodland on red sandy-loam soils in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
105 Poplar Box grassy woodland on flats mainly in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
145 Western Rosewood - Wilga - Wild Orange - Belah low woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and eastern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
72 White Cypress Pine - Poplar Box woodland on footslopes and peneplains mainly in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
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